READ ME file for MS 15612 "Migration and financial constraints: evidence from Mexico."

List of files and explanation:

(1) MS15612_data_analysis.do. Stata do file that produces the
paper empirical output (Tables and Figures). This file requires
Stata version 11 (or a later version) and was executed from a
PC with OS Windows 7 Enterprise.

(2) MS15162_baseline data.dta. This is the Stata data file to
produce the top panel of Table 1.

(3) MS15162_endline data.dta. This is the Stata data file to
produce the remainder of Table 1, Tables 2 and 3, and Figure 1.


DATA DICTIONARY


For MS15162_baseline data.dta

folio          folio
entidad        state
mpio           municipality
local          locality
t_migUS_97     temporary US migration - individual
t_mighhUS_d_97 temporary US migration - household with at least one mig.
migUS_97       current US migration - individual
mighhUS_d_97   current US migration - household with at least one mig.
treatpoor      eligible household in treatment village
village        group(entidad mpio local)
tag            tag(folio)



For MS15162_endline data.dta

folio household ID
numero individual ID within household
migUS individual US labor migration dummy
migMX individual domestic labor migration dummy
mighhUd dummy for whether household has at least one US labor migrant
t_mighhUS_97 number of temporary US migrants in 1997 (returned at time of interview)
mighhUS_97 number of current US migrants at baseline
age age
age2 age squared
educbin education categories
female female dummy
childpr56 household with at least one child potentially in secondary school by Oct. 1998
yycali_1 household wealth index
region_1 region indicators
indice Marginality index, Locality Level
treatpoor household in treatment villages
isolated household without degree one relatives in the village
shock household suffered transitory shock in the previous 6 months
loand loan dummy
loanq amount
hhhage age of household head
hhhsex sex of household head
hhhindigenou household head speaks indigenous language
hhsize07 number of household members aged 0-7
hhsize1518 number of household members aged 15-18
hhsize1921 number of household members aged 19-21
hhsize22 number of household members aged 22 and older
hect_riego_d dummy for whether household owns or uses irrigated land
hect_temporal_d dummy for whether household owns or uses other type of land
hhtrpr number of household members potentially eligible for primary school scholarship at baseline
hhtrse number of household members potentially eligible for secondary school scholarship at baseline
network_shock total shock per network member
netwealth network wealth index
what predicted 1997 annual wage
w3p terciles of what
tag variable that selects one observation per household (for household-level regressions only)
village village indicators (to cluster standard errors by village)

The original files are available here: https://www.prospera.gob.mx/EVALUACION/en/eval_cuant/bases_cuanti.php
